Description
The Belt and Road Initiative is an update for today's times of what the Silk Road was in ancient times. Three of its main differences are: (1) the operating range; (2) the centrality of actions; and (3) the activities and "goods" that circulate in the BRI. Regarding the first point, the new route differs from the previous one in terms of the number of countries and covers all continents. The centrality of the actions shows that this time the initiative is entirely Chinese and, finally, the activities and goods involved in the New Silk Road are no longer low-complexity products but engineering projects, factories, financial investments, among others.
The American continent was not present on the old Silk Road, but it is on the new one. This work seeks to understand which countries, which institutions, and which goods and services activities are part of the first ten years (2013-2023) of the BRI. Using Process Tracing, we seek to understand how the BRI is a cooperation instrument for the development of American countries, highlighting their disputes and the positive and negative points for the development of the different regions.
